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Various activities were very busy, bad for the quality of your health. It is often also result in the level of stress that you experience increased activity is also accompanied by a lack of exercise and eating habits foods that are not healthy for your body. Various of the above, it is contributing to an increase in your heart rate. Various foods can actually help stabilize your heart rate. By having a stable heart rate, or normal, then it is unlikely that we can have a heart attack and stroke which can be fatal course. For that, the food was good factor for heart has an important role in the health of our heart. Here are 5 foods for your heart health: Meals are made from milk is very good for our heart health. Various other foods such as cheese, tofu, broccoli and cabbage. This is because, a variety of these foods are rich in calcium are capable of acting to stabilize your heart rate. Various foods such as wheat, dates and green leafy vegetables are also very good for your heart healt...

Nowadays, high heels become a trend both among the urban and rural. Many of the women who think that by using high heel shoes would make them look taller, more attractive, more confident and more graceful. However, many of the women who use high heels do not realize that the danger stalking them. Based on the results of research conducted by Griffith University in Queesland, Australia, showed that users of high heels can affect how to walk, either when they use high heels or when they are not using it. In other findings, published in the Journal of Applied Physiology in February 2012 also showed that women who used to wear high heels take shorter steps in walking or running. After investigation, the woman's leg muscles are used to wearing high heels turns changes, becoming thinner and tense. The impact, the ability to walk and run quickly becomes diminished. In addition to these impacts, the use of high heels can also affect others, such as: 1. Irritation and thickening of the sole...

Urinary incontinence can be defined as uncontrolled or unrecognized issued urine within a certain amount or quite often, resulting in psychosocial problems or health problems. Urinary incontinence affects about 15-30% of old age (elderly) living in the house, which then resulted in a third of those treated in the chronic care. Clinically, urinary incontinence can cause redness (rash) on the perineum, decubitus ulcers, urinary tract infections, even urosepsis, falls, and fractures. Psychosocial, urinary incontinence is associated with embarrassment, stigmatization, isolation, depression, and the risk of care (institutionalization). Although elderly patients often neglect urinary incontinence and regarded as a normal part of the aging process, urinary incontinence is something abnormal at all ages, and can be treated and often curable, even at a very advanced age. However the way, successful management requires understanding the impact of normal aging and factors outside the urinary trac...

10 Goodness Pure Milk For Health Many people believe that drinking milk can cause obesity. In fact, research proves otherwise! Drinking milk actually help you get a slim body and ideal. In addition, there are many other important reasons that make you need to drink milk every day. Consider the great benefits given milk for your body follows. 1. Preventing Osteoporosis High calcium content in milk can help you prevent and treat osteoporosis. 2. Prevent Damage Teeth Drinking milk will reduce the risk of tooth decay, such as cavities. Milk is rich in calcium and vitamin D are essential for healthy growth and strong teeth. 3. Not all Milk Make You Fat Do not assume your body by drinking milk will be fat fast. There are different kinds of milk on the market. Examine read the label the nutritional content listed on the packaging box of milk you want to buy. For those of you who are afraid of fat but still want to get the vitamins and minerals of milk, you can choose milk with low fat and sug...

Not sure what causes you often tired? Here are some things that cause fatigue, as quoted from nhs.uk, including: 1. Sitting in one position for a long time Sitting in one position for long periods can affect your energy use, including when you are watching TV or working with your computer. Therefore, frequently moving, get up from a chair, or just walk around for a while for your body back in good shape. 2. The wrong diet Poor diet, such as low-calorie diet, especially that only consume less than 850 calories per day will make you feel more tired and also can disrupt your health. If you want to lose weight, eat healthy foods, avoid fast food, avoid foods high in sugar, and reduce your portions. 3. Poor posture Poor posture also affects your energy. Body position leaning forward or leaning on the chair will put your spine is not properly thereby making your body feel tired. The more the position of your back is not good, so the more muscle you have to work to compensate. So when you...

Dysentery is an inflammation that occurs in the large intestine. The symptoms are frequent bowel movements and accompanied by mucus and blood. Children who suffer from dysentery to defecate very frequent liquid stools and dilute up to more than ten times a day. It could even be up to 20-30 times a day. Causes : The cause of dysentery can be divided into two: Amoebic dysentery caused by parasitic infections, with the name Entamoeba histolytica. Bacillary dysentery caused by Shigella bacteria. Usually bacteria and parasites transmitted through contaminated food and water or through a tool that settle on the food. How to Overcome: Such as the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery most important disease is overcome dehydration. Give ORS. If you try to treat themselves in 2-3 days not cured, immediately consult a doctor. Usually someone will be easy to fall into a state of dehydration. Prevention: Because dysentery is a disease caused by a lack of hygiene, then start to note the environmental hy...

Low birth weight (LBW) is defined as a birth weight of a liveborn infant of less than 2,500 g (5 pounds 8 ounces) regardless of gestational age. Subcategories include very low birth weight (VLBW) which is less than 1500 g (3 pounds 5 ounces), and extremely low birth weight (ELBW) which is less than 1000 g (2 pounds 3 ounces). Normal Weight at term delivery is 2500 g - 4200 g (5 pounds 8 ounces - 9 pounds 4 ounces). Preventing a Low Birth Weight Baby There are many things an expectant mother can do to help reduce the chances of delivering a baby with low birth weight. The most important thing any mother can do is to see her health care provider on a regular basis. Regular check-ups can ensure that both mother and baby are healthy, growing, and developing properly. The health care provider can also help the expectant mother to manage any illnesses, conditions, or mental health issues she may have while she is pregnant. Folic acid plays a major role when preventing any type of birth defec...

Areas application of psychology is the study areas where psychology can be applied. Educational psychology Educational psychology seeks to create a situation that support for students in developing academic skills, socialization, and emotions. Which aims to shape the mind set of the child. Industrial and organizational psychology Industrial psychology focuses on developing, evaluating and predicting the performance of a work that is done by the individual, whereas organizational psychology study how an organization influence and interact with members. Engineering psychology Application of psychology that deals with the interaction between humans and machines to minimize human error when dealing with the machine (human error). Clinical psychology Is a field of study psychology and also the application of psychology to understand, prevent and recover individual psychological state to the normal threshold.

Bilirubin is the main product of the decomposition of old red blood cells. Bilirubin is filtered from the blood by the liver, and excreted in the bile. As the liver becomes increasingly damaged, total bilirubin increases. Most of total bilirubin metabolized, and this section referred to as the direct bilirubin. When the sections are increased, the cause is usually outside the liver. If direct bilirubin is low while high total bilirubin, this indicates damage to the liver or bile duct in the liver. Bilirubin contain dyes that give color to the dirt. If the level is very high, the skin and eyes may be yellow , resulting in symptoms of jaundice. Severe neonatal jaundice and is not administered properly can cause complications bilirubin encephalopathy. This occurs due to the binding of bilirubin acid free with a cell wall lipids neurons in the basal ganglia, brain stem and cerebellum which leads to cell death. In infants with sepsis , hypoxia and asphyxia can cause damage to the blood-brai...

Oxygen present in normal air and is very important for livelihoods and burning. Humans can breathe and work well if the air contains about 21% oxygen. In air containing 17 % oxygen, humans will breathe deeper and faster. Symptoms or due to decreased oxygen levels at 15 % is feeling uncertain, sometimes ears feel like ringing, dizziness and palpitations. The symptoms are more felt heavy with decreasing oxygen levels up to 10 %. In general, humans not to fall unconscious to the oxygen content of 13%. Symptoms or negative effects will be more severe if the oxygen level drops to 7%. Oxygen levels below 6 % , humans will experience very breathless and in a few minutes can dismiss heart rate. 6 % oxygen percentage is called the fatal point for oxygen. At a concentration of 20 % or 21 % no negative effects on humans, even pure oxygen did not show significant symptoms, provided that the pressure does not exceed the specified. For example, the " self-contained oxygen breathing apparatus ...

Together with calcium, vitamin D has long been known as a component to prevent osteoporotic fractures and maintain bone health. In some recent studies have mentioned vitamin D plays a role in the pathophysiology of a number of diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers. Perhaps inadvertently found a relationship that obesity is a risk factor for a number of diseases. Recent studies mention the evidence of an association between obesity and low levels of vitamin D in the body. Can not be known with certainty the cause of vitamin D deficiency, whether because they do not get enough sunlight, low dietary vitamin D or other factors. Study Wortsman et al. concluded that vitamin D deficiency due to obesity caused by a decrease in the bioavailability of vitamin D3 from food because the skin and accumulate in body fat. People who are obese will be less able to convert vitamin D into its active form. One of the functions of vitamin D has the function of helping the mobilization...

Malaria is clinically characterized by paroxysmal attacks of fever, and periodic, accompanied by anemia, enlargement of the spleen and sometimes with pernicious complications such as jaundice, diarrhea, black water fever, acute tubular necrosis, and cerebral malaria. In parasitology known 4 genus Plasmodium, the clinical characteristics of different forms of the fever, namely: Plasmodium vivax , clinically known as benign tertian malaria caused the fever attacks that arise every 3 days. Plasmodium malariae , also known clinically as well as Malaria Quartana arising because of the fever attacks every 4 days. Plasmodium ovale , clinically known as Malaria ovale, with no fever typical pattern every 2-1 days. Plasmodium falciparum , clinically known as Malaria tropicana or malignant tertian malaria causes the fever attacks which usually occur every 3 days with more severe symptoms than other species of plasmodium infection. Cerebral malaria is a severe complication of Plasmodium falciparum...

Endocarditis, Pericarditis and Myocarditis Endocarditis Most of endocarditis caused by viridans streptococci are microorganisms that live in the upper airway. Prior to the discovery of antibiotics, then 90-95% of endocarditis infection, caused by viridans streptococci , but since the presence of antibiotics, viridans streptococci cause infective endocarditis 50%, which is 1/3 of the source of infection. Another cause of infective endocarditis is more pathogens are Staphylococcus aureus , which causes subacute infective endocarditis. Other causes include fecal streptococci , staphylococci , gram-negative aerobic / anaerobic, fungi, viruses, yeast, and candida. Pericarditis 1) The cause of idiopathic or nonspecific. 2) Infection Bacteria: Streptococcus, staphylococcus, meningococcus, gonococcus . Viruses: coxsakie, influenza. Fungi: rickets, parasites. 3) connective tissue disorders - systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatic fever, rheumatoid arthritis, polyarteritis. 4) The state of ...

Endocarditis, Pericarditis and Myocarditis Endocarditis Endocarditis is an infection of the heart valves and the endothelial surface caused by the direct invasion of bacteria or other organisms and cause deformity of the valve blade. Causing microorganisms including bacteria ( streptococci, enterococci, pneumococci, staphylococci ), fungal, rickettsial, and viridans streptococci . Infectious endocarditis is common in the elderly may be due to decreased immunological response to infection, metabolic changes due to aging and the increase of invasive diagnostic procedures, particularly in genitourinary disease. Pericarditis Pericarditis is an inflammation of the parietal pericardium, the visceral pericardium, or both. Pericarditis is divided up; Acute pericarditis, subacute pericarditis, and chronic pericarditis. Subacute and chronic pericarditis have etiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic approaches, and management of the same. Classification of pericarditis, both clinically and t...

Cardiovascular system is a system that gives facilities the transport of a variety of substances, and to the body's cells. The system consists of a driving organ called the heart, and the channel system consisting of an artery that carries blood from the heart, and veins that supply blood to the heart. The human heart is a hollow heart has two atria and two ventricles. The heart is a muscular organ that is able to push the blood to various parts of the body. The human heart is shaped like a cone and the size of a fist, located on the left hand of the chest cavity. The heart is covered by a membrane called the pericardium. The heart is responsible for maintaining the flow of blood with the help of a number of valves that make it up. To assure the continuity of the circulation, the heart contracts periodically. The heart muscle to contract continuously without experiencing fatigue. Contraction of the human heart is a myogenic contraction, the contraction begins excitatory strength of...

Diet is one that is often done as a way to Lose Weight. Many types of diets that have been done to get the body shape and weight are proportional. Some are on a strict diet to have to make a diet program. But there are other ways to lose weight, which is the white water. Diet with water is long and many are doing in helping the diet program that is being done. " Adults who drink two glasses of water before a meal will help you lose weight to about 2 pounds, " wrote the Daily Mail, Thursday, July 4th 2013 The authors have reviewed 11 different studies on the relationship of water to the diet. The result, three studies show that consuming more water will help boost weight loss. So how to lose weight with water ? here are some things to do to lose weight with water. Make it such as taking drugs. Make a schedule and a target amount of water that must be taken on a daily basis. Drink 8 glasses of water a day, for example by making a schedule every 2 hours one glass of water. Bring...

Weight loss program can be a powerful thing as How to lose Weight. This program can be very helpful if done in the long term, especially when it can be used as a way of life. You should be able to balance between food and activities in order to make this program well. Before undertaking a weight loss program, make sure you 're ready to change the lifestyle of weeks to lose weight. To decrease the amount should also be done at regular intervals and piecemeal. Ranging from 0.5 kg to 1 kg a week can be targeted first. It continues to be increased to achieve the ideal body weight or desired. The process of weight loss with the process slowly and properly can also help improve health. Tips to lose weight programs Make a target that reality. Many people who make targets that are too high in weight loss. The difficulty in achieving the target is too high to make many of those who surrendered . Therefore the set targets based on the ability to do. Choose what is the best option. Selection ...

Exercise is very good for your health. However, it is not uncommon for many people complain of muscle pain experienced after exercising. Muscle pain that could interfere with your activities so it is important to take immediate measures to reduce muscle pain. Here is a natural way to reduce muscle soreness after exercise and fitness. 1. Cereal grain Cereal grain consumed after you exercise. The content of carbohydrates can help relieve fatigue by restoring glycogen supplies are reduced or depleted during exercise. This is very important in restoring energy supply after exercise to avoid drowsiness. 2. Cherry Fruit Many cherry fruit contains anti - inflammatory that can relieve muscle aches fruit is also rich in anthocyanin antioxidants that are beneficial to help healing. You can eat them in the form of cookies or juice. 3. Nuts Eating foods containing vitamin E is very good for relieving muscle pain. All types of nuts have a high content of vitamin E which has advantages in restoring ...

An easy way to eliminate pain in the neck. Pain in the neck will usually be very disturbing our activities. This is caused by many things some of which are one bedroom and also a state of mind that stress. Excessive neck pain is usually fatal and cause the neck is difficult to be moved. Neck pain relief tricky, if any action will be more dangerous for you. It is therefore very important for you to practice some easy ways to eliminate neck pain. 1. Lift the shoulder. Shrugged the first motion you have to do. Raising both shoulders pull a deep breath. Lift and drop your shoulders as high as possible while simultaneously wasting your breath. 2. Tilt the head. Other movements are slow, tilt head to the right. Furthermore drop right ear toward the right shoulder, if it has a maximum, the same action on the next side (left). Repeat 5 times, respectively, but no need for long and not be forced. 3. Stretch the chest. This movement can be done by putting your hands on the waist, then take a dee...

3 Sleep Position Relieve Back Pain. Some people may have experienced pain in the lower back or waist. The most common cause of back pain is caused by muscle or ligament injury. These injuries can occur due to various reasons, such as improper lifting, overweight bodies, and bad posture. Other factors that also affect and lead to back pain is the sleeping position. Wrong sleeping position can also affect and aggravate back pain suffered previously. Sleep instead of making the body feel comfortable, but it makes you languish in pain. Pain in the back can keep you awake at night, when no proper sleeping position. Therefore, it is important for you to pay attention to body position during sleep. Here are three positions during sleep that can help you relieve back pain : 1. Lying on your side Usual sleeping position with the body facing up can make your back become strained due to the influence of the weight loads that lead to back pain. Sleep with oblique or sideways to reduce pressure on...